A handful of SBL employees volunteered to help pass out toys at the Community’s Child Christmas Event. Community’s Child hosts an annual Christmas Party for families in need in our community who would otherwise go without gifts for Christmas. Employee’s volunteered their time at the gift boutique, where parents would pick out a gift for their children. Some employees volunteered their time handing out coats for the children.
EVENT: Community’s Child Annual Christmas Party
WHERE: Community’s Child office | 18807 Crenshaw Place, Torrance CA
WHEN: December 16th, 2017 10:00am

South Bay Lexus was a Gold Sponsor for the Long Beach Symphony Golf Classic. Along with a full day of golf, the event ended with a raffle and a live auction. All proceeds go to helping enrich children’s life with music classes and field trips to the symphony. South Bay Lexus also provided all display vehicles for the tournament, included the Hole-In-One RX350 display vehicle.
EVENT: 20th Annual Long Beach Symphony Golf Tournament
WHERE: Virginia Country Club | 4602 N Virginia Rd, Long Beach CA
WHEN: Monday, December 4, 2017

Our own Alex Valles of Parts Department represented South Bay Lexus at the Lexus Lace Up Race. South Bay Lexus also helped deliver display vehicles to the race.
EVENT: Lexus Lace Up Running Series
WHERE: Pelican Cove Park, 31300 Palos Verdes Dr. S
WHEN: November 18, 2017 – 7:00 a.m.

Please join South Bay Lexus in our 2nd Annual Food Drive. Be a Child’s Hunger Hero this November. All contributions will support Community’s Child. Ask an associate for details.
EVENT: South Bay Lexus’ 2nd Annual Food Drive Event
WHERE: Donations will be collect at 3215 Pacific Coast Highway and 24777 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance CA 90505
WHEN: November 1 – 30, 2017

South Bay Lexus was a Bronze Sponsor for the South Bay YMCA annual dinner. This dinner honored families and individuals that dedicate their time by volunteering at the YMCA. We are proud to be a part of a community that reachs out to better the Youth in our community.
EVENT: 71st Annual Torrance South Bay YMCA Volunteer Celebration and Recognition Dinner
WHERE: Torrance Marriott South Bay
WHEN: Thursday November 2, 2017
South Bay Lexus was given the opportunity to display an LC 500 and GS F at the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. The all-volunteer Palos Verdes Concours organization is a 501 (c) 3 charity event with proceeds benefiting local non-profits and have donated more than $700,000 to various charities over the years.
EVENT: Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance
WHERE: Louis Zamperini Field (Robinson Helicopter) 2901 Airport Drive, Torrance, CA 90505
WHEN: Sunday, October 1, 2017

South Bay Lexus was proud to be one of the sponsors for Terranea’s Friday night reception of their annual Celebration of Food and Wine. This event showcased the many talents of the Terranea staff which included very talented chefs and bartenders.
EVENT: Celebration of Food and Wine ‘Taste at Twilight’
WHERE: 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
WHEN: Friday September 22, 2017

Britax is a company that specializes in car seats and strollers, and has been leading the child safety technology industry for over 70 years. Britax has invited Lexus to collaborate on turning Lexus dealerships into installation/demonstration centers for a half day. South Bay Lexus was proud to participate in this event that touched on key points in the proper way to install a car seat and signs to look for when it is time to replace a car seat. Britax timed this event to introduce their new Endeavour car seat to line up with Child Passenger Safety Week (September 17-23, 2017). Thank you to the Britax team for letting us share in this event.
EVENT: Britax Collaboration Event
WHERE: South Bay Lexus Service 24777 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance CA 90505
WHEN: Thursday September 21, 2017

This event was a 10k/5k race held by Rolling Hills city hall to support the Pepper Tree Foundation. The Pepper Tree Foundation is focused on the upkeep of city parks and thrives on donations and city events such as ‘The Hills Are Alive” race.
EVENT: The Hills Are Alive 10/5k
WHERE: Ernie Howlett Park, 25851 Hawthorne Blvd., Rolling Hills Estates
WHEN: Saturday, August 12, 2017

South Bay Lexus are proud to sponsor the PS I Love You Foundation again this year and we’ve been actively involved in their fundraising event. Our group of employees have volunteered in this community event as well.
Mission: To give at risk kids a fun day at the beach where volunteers either get to be a one on one mentor with a child, or help operate different activity booths for the kids. Learn more: FACEBOOK.COM/PSILOVEYOUFOUNDATION
EVENT: 17th Annual Day At The Beach, “Adopt a Child for One Day”
WHERE: Manhattan Beach at 8th Street and the Strand
WHEN: Saturday July 29th, 2017 from 9am -3pm

South Bay Lexus sponsored the 18th Annual Torrance High School Golf Tournament 2017. The golf tournament is the main fundraiser for the Torrance High Golf Team. South Bay Lexus are proudly represented by Kiyoshi Yoshida, Kerry Maetani, Dean Nakagawa and Mitch Miyamoto.
EVENT: 18th Annual Torrance High School Golf Tournament 2017
WHERE: Los Verdes Golf Course
WHEN: Monday, July 10th, 2017
South Bay Lexus is a proud sponsor of the City of Lomita 11th Annual Golf Classic & Mayor’s Cup in support of Lomita Junior Golf & Youth Recreation Programs.
EVENT: City of Lomita 11th Annual Golf Classic & Mayor’s Cup
WHERE: El Dorado Park Golf Course
WHEN: Monday, June 19, 2017 at 7:00 AM

South Bay Lexus joined this very special annual golfing occasion by being the “Contest-Hole-in-One” Sponsor for this event. All proceeds of this event will help Torrance Memorial use their facility to provide excellent patient care, save lives daily and impact thousands of families in the South Bay.
EVENT: The 31st Annual Torrance Memorial Golf Tournament
WHERE: Palos Verdes Golf Club
WHEN: Monday, June 5th, 2017
South Bay Lexus are also once again Sponsoring the South Bay Children’s Health Center Champions for Children 5k Run/Walk. SBL is the official Water Station Sponsor. We are also donating water bottles for this event, we have a group of employees volunteering at the event as well as participating in the run. All proceeds benefit Children in our community in need of dental and mental health care.
EVENT: Champions for Children 5K Run/Walk
WHERE: South Bay Botanic Gardens
WHEN: Saturday May, 20th 2017

South Bay Lexus will be sponsoring the YMCA “Send a Kid To Camp” Golf Tournament this year and will also be providing the Hole In One vehicle. This year it will be a 2017 NX Turbo. The tournament benefits the Torrance South Bay YMCA. SBL associates will be volunteering at this event.
EVENT: 25th Annual “Send a Kid to Camp” Golf Tournament
WHERE: Los Verdes Golf Course
WHEN: Friday May 12th, 2017
South Bay Lexus is honored to support the PCCH in their efforts of Hope and Health. This event benefits the Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital (PCCH). South Bay Lexus proudly provided the “Hole-in-One” vehicle for this event. The PCCH was founded in 1957 by a small group of South Bay area women committed to raising the necessary money for a new recovery unit at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The committee has grown since that time to more than 170 volunteer families and raised more than $14 million in contributions for Children’s Hospital, L.A.
EVENT: Seahorse Golf Classic 2017
WHERE: Palos Verdes Country Club
WHEN: Monday, April 24th, 2017

One of our employees, Amber Kirby was awarded as a member of the 1% club for her outstanding DMV skills with AVRS (the system we use to process all vehicles sold with the DMV). Through Ambers accurate, detail-oriented and conscientious work she achieved less than 1% error rate with all vehicle processing for a period of four consecutive months. South Bay Lexus Dealership was awarded a plaque for Ambers incredible work as well.

South Bay Lexus generously provided the Hole-In-One vehicle as well as sponsorship of the event. All proceeds from the golf tournament benefit The Boys and Girls Clubs of Long Beach.
EVENT: “Fore The Kids” 2017 Golf Tournament
WHERE: Virginia Country Club | 4602 N Virginia Rd, Long Beach CA
WHEN: Monday, February 13, 2017

Congratulations to all South Bay Lexus employees who completed The Great Chocolate Race this past weekend in Long Beach! The 5k finishers: Melinda Severtson, Angie Gonzalez, Nancy Gonzalez, Amber Kirby, Jennifer Belaskas & Martha Gallardo. And 10 Mile race finisher: Sean Slwani. Thank you also to the Volunteer Team who spent the morning making sure the race “ran” smooth: Melissa Ong, Mariah Medina & Katie Gilkey. All proceeds from race benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
A group of South Bay Lexus Employees will be participating as a team. You can run or walk either the 10 mile or the 5k course. All proceeds of this event to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. South Bay Lexus is Exclusive Automotive Sponsor. We will have employees volunteering for this event as well as participating in the race. You can also find more information and images if you look up the series.
EVENT: The Great Chocolate Race, Long Beach
WHERE: Marina Green Park, Long Beach
WHEN: Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 7:00 A.M.

A group of employees just returned from visiting Community’s Child facility. To date SBL had a very successful food drive for them and a group of us volunteered for their annual Christmas Party. They invited us to visit their shelter for women & children, during which time we presented them with a donation.

We are proud to support the following athletic teams in our community for the 2016-2017 academic school year:
